I am not in the UK but I know a few people who have contacted their MPs and got some feedback from them who said they had no idea about what was happening, so it seems like this whole thing has been sneaked in in some way. The MPs who were contacted however did show concern and said they would discuss this further with the government. Contacting MPs is an important action to take. I doubt the governement wants to talk about this openly & publicly, otherwise they would have from the start. The MPs can push for it if there is enough public interest and people are talking to them.

I am just amazed with all the double standards against Adult Pornography all the while David Cameron recently said he does not support the ban of topless women on Britains’ Sun Newspaper. Where is the concern to protect children?

I would approach my own local conservative MP, but I need to know who leaked the information about the intended blocking of ESOTERIC SITES…

It seems to me that people sign these petitions and then forget about it…maybe not everyone, but much more action is needed.

this sort of censorship is already in place on certain community wifi’s and mobile phones in the UK. See the explanation on the petition the infographic links to; http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/uk-prime-minister-david-cameron-stop-the-unnecessary-censorship-of-esoteric-websites-and-web-forums

Here is a link to information about the default content filters already in place for Orange Phones in the UK:
https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Orange_Safeguard
and take note of the two links at the end of that page too.

So this sort of censorship is already in place and it looks set to spread to the wider internet for people in the UK.

I’d suggest that you actually dig for more information before brushing off this censorship as something that may not happen. This default-filter implementation has been covered by major media around the world (not just the UK). However the media only focused on ‘pornography’ as the issue that will be censored as this is exactly what the government wants people to hear and know about.

Open rights group made investigated further by talking to the source and brought about the full material that will be filtered.
A UK internet provider has also come forth saying that they will not implement any of these filters as they do not believe that people should have similar internet as people in China or North Korea.

All truth passes through three stages.
First, it is ridiculed.
Second, it is violently opposed.
Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
~ Arthur Schopenhauer

Sadly, we are way past self-evident, but some people prefer to keep their heads in the sand and pretend that ‘everything is going to be alright’ or worse, think that until it does not concern them, why bother disturb the water…

“First they came for the Communists but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists but I was not one of them, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews but I was not Jewish so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.”
~ Martin Niemoeller

Seems like all of the blogs/sites talking about this are stemmed from the “Sleepwalking into Censorship” article where someone claims to have had “…brief conversations with some of the Internet Service Providers…” which in of itself provides no evidence that this is ever going to happen.

Exactly why we need to stop this censorship of the internet! People have been able to connect to each other with the creation of the internet and to start to limit speech is not what the internet is about, the internet’s about sharing ideas. It goes against the human rights conventions as well so if this is allowed to go through what will the western governments try to bring in down the track?

@Susan — I think that many people don’t realize how broad the term “esoteric” really is and how much it is a part of our society. I think this is why it’s so dangerous to sneak it into this censorship bill, because most people wouldn’t even pay attention or get what it means, so they’ll pass right over it and focus just on the other main areas to be censored (the ones highlighted by the media). Really though, I can see so much room for abuse when someone has the power to censor anything they like essentially, since the definition is so broad. This can really open up room for targeting smaller non-mainstream spriritual and/or alternative communities, which is a big step towards information control…

I guess the infographic can’t include everything, though the keywords a bit lower down do illustrate the kinds of things that could be targeted under that label, but I think it’s good that we have the opportunity to take some action and inform others about this and also about what it really entails.